My teacher wrote on the board sourcing out the textbook which showed a map of predominantly capitalist and predominantly socialist countries. Or countries that were a balance of both. Honestly, I thought the author of the book did in a poor job by including all of the EU as ''predominantly capitalist.'' They included some Africans countries as ''mixed economy.'' And labeled China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and Laos as ''predominantly Communist.'' He then wrote a note on the board that I took exception to. It was ''Socialism creates lower quality of life.'' I took exception. No one else in the classroom seemed to care. Here is how the conversation went: I asked: ''Why?'' He responded: ''What do you mean why? You should be telling me why?'' I responded: ''I disagree though. What evidence are you basing your view on?'' He responded: ''Shouldn't be obvious?'' I responded: ''No.'' He responded: ''Look at the map of the predominantly capitalist countries and predominantly socialist countries.'' I responded: ''The authors (whom are American) manipulated the textbook to paint that capitalism is right and socialism is wrong. The assessment is bias. Perhaps if we were in Canada or another country our text would read differently. Isn't China a very wealthy country? Aren't we virtually at the financial mercy of them'' He responed: ''The only wealthy places in China are cities which are predominantly capitalist.'' I responded: ''Cities in China are controlled by the same Communist government. Even if people have more opportunities in terms of work, most amenities are subsidized.'' He responded: ''What is your point?'' I responded: ''Two things. One, socialism doesn't ''decay values.'' Capitalism leads to greed, exploitation of people and people who live in endless poverty. Two, socialism and capitalism is not the same thing as Communism or Democracy. Notice that all the countries that are listed as ''predominantly Socialist'' are only Communist. All Democratic countries regardless of the political parties controlling their countries are listed as ''predominantly Capitalist.'' He responded: ''You made your point.''
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1 :
Bravo, I like the way you think my friend. :)
2 :
Obviously bias, you should have pointed out that countries with a more equal distribution of wealth have people who are healthiest and are less likely to commit crimes such as Japan. But I agree that in the U.S. there is a stigma of socialism and that years of propaganda have turn many Americans from such an idea.
3 :
the book probably was bias but capitalism is still the better of the two
4 :
Your professor is right about China, though. The Chinese government is much more lenient when it comes to cities like Shanghai, Beijing or Gangzhou and others. Shanghai could even look more advanced than any European or North American city. But the rest of the country, especially on the countryside, is dirt poor. But I agree with you. To me the best system is really an equal balance between socialism and capitalism. Best example are Scandinavian countries like Sweden or Norway; France, Germany and others fare well also, same for Canada. The United States is simply too extreme in its capitalist policies, so much that it completely neglects its social policies. Just the fact that more than 40 million people have no access to proper health care is downright unacceptable, even shameful coming from a Western World country.
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